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Update: We've been advised that only a stay has been issued. The court order does not include any hearing, nor does it suggest that the OSC will even take the case into consideration yet. Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been informed by our lawyers that the Ohio Supreme Court has issued an emergency stay and granted the request for an expedited hearing. It should be noted that the Ohio Senate is trying to take advantage of the State of Ohio's appeal in regard to our lawsuit in Hamilton County. The theory is that, even though two courts have declared this...

Gun debate rages By JOHN GRANT EMEIGH Tribune Chronicle The Smith and Wesson 9 mm semiautomatic is a well-balanced firearm with smooth action, a light recoil and enough stopping power to drop anything on two legs. Bill Spencer, who spent part of Thursday afternoon practicing his shooting with that bad boy at an indoor firing range in Warren, said he would feel much safer if the state allowed him to carry the gun on him. He may get to do just that if the state legislature and governor approve a pending bill permitting the carrying of concealed handguns. ''I think...

Concealed weapons laws taking hold, broadening across U.S. BY JOHN A. DVORAK Knight Ridder Newspapers KANSAS CITY, Mo. - KRT NEWSFEATURES (KRT) - The first shot rang out in Florida 15 years ago, and the advocates of guns for personal defense never let up. From state to state the movement spread, a campaign to overturn laws against carrying concealed weapons and to give residents an opportunity to pack guns hidden in holsters or purses. The latest to go concealed: New Mexico. "The pendulum is swinging the other way now," said Lenexa, Kan., antique gun dealer Jim Supica, a member of ...

High school evacuated. By DAVID KERESTER Tribune Chronicle CHAMPION - Police say Champion High School ad-ministrators found two sticks of explosives and blasting caps in a student's coat pockets when he arrived at school Thursday morning. It is the third time in less than a month that Ben Cook, 17, of State Road, has been found with explosives, according to police. He was not charged prior to Thursday, and the other two times he did not have the explosives at school. Cook was scheduled to be arraigned this morning in juvenile court on a felony charge of possessing explosive devices ...

The Brady Campaign gun-control group gives Ohio a D-plus Thursday, January 24, 2002 Mary Morgan Edwards@dispatch.com Dispatch Staff Reporter A state law barring cities from suing gun makers dropped Ohio even lower in the esteem of a national gun-control group in 2001. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which has merged with the Million Mom March organization, released a report card yesterday giving Ohio a grade of D-plus for how well its laws protect children from gun violence. Ohio's grade dropped from C-minus in 2000 because a new law, which took effect in October, gives gun manufacturers immunity from ...

Airport security may cause move for trapshoots Groups await word from aviation officials By Jim Morris Dayton Daily News VANDALIA | The Grand American Trapshooting Tournament might have to be moved to a different location in 2002 because of airport security since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Grand, scheduled for Aug. 8-17, and the Ohio State Trapshooting Tournament, slated for June 18-23, would have to find alternate locations for 2002 if the Dayton International Airport and Federal Aviation Agency rule the two tournaments to be a security risk under the Airport Security Act of 2001. The Amateur Trapshooting Association, ...

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Teen wounded by teen in burglary attempt Boy, 17, in hospital, facing charges By Cheryl M. Harris Dayton Daily News DAYTON | Monday’s shooting of a burglar by a 14-year-old is related to a 17-year-old suspect found a block away with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. The 17-year-old boy, in serious but stable condition at Miami Valley Hospital late Monday, is facing delinquency charges equal to felony charges, Huber Heights police Lt. Herschel Caudill said. Police responded about 10 a.m. to a call of an attempted burglary at 4370 Powell Road that was stopped short when the ...

State lawmakers appear poised to take another shot at allowing lawabiding Ohioans to carry concealed weapons, although Gov. Taft remains opposed. But a compromise could be in the works. Taft indicated yesterday that he might consider coupling a law requiring safe storage of firearms with one that would legalize concealed weapons. "We wouldn't rule that out, but we're not going in with that strategy," the governor said. House Bill 526, a Taft-backed measure reaquiring safe storage of firearms, died in committee last year under heavy attack by sportsmen and gun interest. Two measures that would have permitted Ohioans to legally ...